title: An international database of radionuclide concentration ratios for wildlife: development and uses.
abstract: A key element of most systems for assessing the impact of radionuclides on the environment is a means to estimate the transfer of radionuclides to organisms. To facilitate this, an international wildlife transfer database has been developed to provide an online, searchable compilation of transfer parameters in the form of equilibrium-based whole-organism to media concentration ratios. This paper describes the derivation of the wildlife transfer database, the key data sources it contains and highlights the applications for the data.
authors.affiliation: Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom. Electronic address: david.copplestone@stir.ac.uk.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Copplestone
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Beresford
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yankovich
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007391:International Cooperation; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes
keywords: Environmental protection; Equilibrium concentration ratios; Radionuclide transfer; Wildlife dose assessment models